In bound.

I thought Hard~Deck included the keymaps in his download package. 😕

I’ve had a few problems with mapping my X-55 but is sorted now, and like Drac said…what button are you trying to map and to which function? can you not map any of your buttons at all?

Thank you Agave_Blue……food for thought.

Bayonet.

I fixed it this morning, in the madcatz software! You’ve got to change the curve profile of the throttle. In BMS it detects a positive slope, as the controller is naturally set to a negative slope😕…awfully weird.

-adios

Cool, the green and red line are the detent settings. Advance throttle to the afterburner detent, and just before it goes over, left click set AB. Then go all the way down the throttle to 0% and right click, to set the cut-off. You could set it to bottom of the first detent, but the x52 doesnt have huge range, so i leave it all the way down so i dont accidentally turn off the engine.

Beta Drivers for Windows 10 released:

http://madcatz.kayako.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/604/0/windows-10–saitek-hotas-beta-drivers-and-software-release

I had a heck of a time getting my Saitek up,so I wrote the following to hopefully help others…
http://falcon-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=1931.0
I’ll be the first to admit there are quite a few people in BMS more pc savvy then me, but as my stick programming progressed I went more and more into SST for HOTAS programming. By HOTAS I mean TMD, DMS, etc.,etc. The Axis’ are 100% set up from inside BMS, and it has worked well.

Thanks for posting.
I too have slowly figured that I have the same issue.

Hope Saitek will get their backsides into gear!

Nice job mate, couldn’t pick it is not original!

Thanks. That’s exactly what I did end up doing and yes it works as you assumed.

Regards,

Gary

No delays for me either, i use the software for mode 2 and extras like the rotaries. Cant not use it imo, you miss alot of extras.

it seems that if I don’t put in a release, the command will repeat itself indefinitely 🙂

EDIT: UGH… need to go to sleep… stupid me… mixed up releasing the programmed key with releasing the joy button… -sigh-

Edit 2: WHOAAAA… failed to open file… glad I made a backup this time… setting a key to the mode 1 position causes the error, it needs to stay in the fall back setting

@Gary:

Firstly thank for all the replies. In hindsight I cant believe I made such a meal out of assigning the rotaries!!

Pretty straightforward when you know what axis or rotation button is which!

I’d like to get both the nipple and adjacent slider working too if possible so will look into that.

Nipple for cursor control and slider for my air brakes…

Thanks again all.

Best wishes…

Gary

Here’s one way to have the nipple control the radar cursor. In HUD software:

Set up each x/y axis to three bands. Assign the two bands at either end of the axis to around 20% (although YMMV, can set the band % to whatever you like, but leave the middle band as large as possible to avoid controls leaking into each other. No commands will be added to the middle bands). Each of these 20% bands contain the keyboard control for cursor up/down/left/right depending on which axis you’re setting up and which band you’re editing. See screenshot below:

Each of those 20% bands are set up with advanced commands like so:

The slider set up is alot easier, but unfortunately isn’t actually an axis itself. It’s just another button. Forward is button down, backward is button up.
So I just use the keyboard command to toggle AFBrakes as an advanced command, so it presses the key once when set forward, and presses the key once again when it is backward:

First; I’m on Windows 10 64bit.

I dusted off my X45 and decided to fly Falcon again. I found the drivers on the Saitek ftp site and they work OK.
I’m having trouble finding the right programming software. I want the pinky switch and mode switch to work as intended.

I tried installing some sst software I found on the ftp server but they complain about magic mouse/keyboard not found and thus the software doesn’t work.

Does anyone know if there is working software on Windows 10 for this aging hardware?

Figured it out.

goto saitek.com (you don’t say) click Downloads click Drivers (which I don’t want; I want the programming software, those are two separate things) Choose Product range -> I guess that’s Pro Flight … Select Product …. X45 not listed … Choose X52: lowest number, closest to X45 Select Operating System … Windows 10 not listed 😕 Choose Windows 8.1/8/7/ and Vista 64 bit Two options here : Dowload Drivers and Download Software (YES! Software!)
It started downloading Smart Technology 7_0_27_13 64Bit.exe

It works … :shock: X45 detected in the software just fine:headb:

@Tripwire86:

Yeah it’s Chrome. I also have Firefox.

In settings on Chrome, open Advanced Settings and uncheck “Enable Phishing and Malware protection”

@Frederf:

Assuming you want to use axis control for (Left) Throttle, select the primary controller (pitch & bank) in the drop down menu in settings. Under ADVANCED select the appropriate axis for the Throttle axis assignment and verify that the horizontal indicator bar moves when you move the selected controller axis. Verify again after leaving the advanced section that the vertical throttle indicator responds to movement of the controller throttle axis. Set afterburner level with left click on the SET AB button as desired.

Concur. I used a -55 before my BMS days, and remember getting the throttle to work was problematic.
BTW, you can also right click and get idle detent, but I don’t recommend it as the -55 does not have detents. It may be ok to get an inadvertent burner blast or two, but shutting off your engine…not.
Also, BTW, if you have the Throttle attached to your pc via a USP hub, try connecting it directly.

@Lobster:

……

SOLVED Latch mode was enabled in the Saitek control panel underneath Clutch Button. The whole Saitek control panel and Mad Catz software has too many conflicts.

🆒 …. so you’re good now?

I agree on the Saitek conflicts. I’ve moved everything I can out of the SST program and on to DX binds in BMS. The only exception is my Teamspeak PTT button (CapsLock) and cursor slewing on the micro stick.

@Pop:

I can’t program the axis of the X55 to throttle, joystick and ped’s. I have used the advanced controller screen, selected a control (throttle, stick or peds), but can’t get the program to “see” the correct hardware. I select throttle, go to advanced, see throttle axis assigned to pitch and yaw. attempt to set back to “keyboard” will not take???.
Same when others are selected, throttle or joystick???

Are both the throttle and stick plugged into the computer or powered USB hub? I’ve seen problems such as this when using an unpowered USB hub.

@drtbkj:

Very nice, and pretty much what I’m doing, except…how to you make the mode switch a 4 way button?

I have been questioned how i setup my modes switch to work with MRM/NAV/DGF modes.

I will post here my answer in case it can be of any help.

For that to work you must use saitek software.

Lets say you load your profile in the saitek software, you must delete all modes from the list just leaving mode 1. then make it “Fall Back” option marked.

After scroll down to the modes programing area and depending on the config of your falcon make it like, when mode 2 press and depress M and it will activate MRM mode. if mode 3 it will press and depress C and will go to NAV/Cancel Mode. if mode 4 It will press and depress D and enter in DGF mode.

Kepp in mind that you have to start the game with the mode 3 selected (Normal/NAV).

You can also change the conf file to use set g_bHotasDgftSelfCancel 1 instead of set g_bHotasDgftSelfCancel 0.

in this way you can set mode 2 to continually press M and mode 4 to continually press D. If your mode switch is of mode 2 or 4 it will auto cancel dogfight/mrm mode.

Hopefully be of any help.

Lego